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Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life (2021)
Directed by Jim Speers, Tu Neill
Documentary · 1h 32m
At once tranquil and bracing, Tu Neill and Jim Speers’ film is a portrait of a seaside town and its vanishing way of life. Though it is now slowly emptying, Ayukawa was once a thriving coastal community, its success based on a practice rooted in tradition, custom, and ceremony: whaling. Through the voices of local elders, the film conveys how that form of hunting developed into the lifeblood of the town before cultural changes, international condemnation, and strict regulation brought it to the brink of non-existence.
Crew
- Director
- Jim Speers, Tu Neill
- Writer
- Tu Neill, Jim Speers, Kentarô Yamada
- Director of Photography
- Jim Speers, Tu Neill
- Original Music Composer
- Finn Andrews
- Editor
- Jenna Bowden
- Producer
- Jim Speers, Kentarô Yamada, Tu Neill
Details
- Release date
- 2021-10-03
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom
- Production
- Ordinary Films